Year in Review

So, here it is, the last day of the year. Lets (like everyone else-I'm nothing if not original) re-cap my 2006.

January
I was cold, a lot.
I thought mean things about all the resolutioners at the gym. Where were they in November, huh?

I took part in Utata's Nocturnal Photographer Project


I celebrated Trogdor's birthday. Anyone know of a good vegan creme brulee?


I spent a lot of time in Utica.


February
I saw some really lame tagging downtown (which was recently renamed "uptown" cause it's fancy)

I found an awesome architectural salvage store downtown.



I found Caleb's favorite new restaurant.


I tortured a grapefruit.





I made play d'oh!

and a play doughnut.


March
I got crafty.



I discovered Neanderthal Spongebob and his rage issues.



I told you what I'm listening to.



April
I exchanged Swaptata photos.


I drove around with a shark and a pirate.


I put out my garden.


I received a swaptata photo from The Pack.


I went to Atlanta. Atlanta, Illinois.


I made, what is now, my favorite pizza.


I received birthday burn cd's from Kim and rakka.


(I still listen to them)

I celebrated rakka's birthday.


I ate my first sno cone of the season.


June
I grew Nasturtiums.


I went on a Thursday walk in Mohomet, and found Seuss-like plants.


I played with toys.


I found out that ROUS's really do exist.


I made homemade "fakeon".


I got sick.


I got the kids their first slip n slide.


July
We had a great view of the fireworks.


I tried a fluffernutter for the first and lat time.


We went swimming.


I got a bike.


I made naan.

This year in review is making me hungry.

I made my top ten stranded on a deserted island songs list.


I drank a lot of iced green tea.


I got sick, for the third time. I had an allergic reaction to the meds and decided that perhaps, I should do something about getting sick. I began a trial vegan diet.

It worked. I'm still vegan.

I took a gross but pretty shot of a bug.


August
I fell in love with the Weepies.


I also fell in love with the lower dells.

I got punny.


I went to Chicago.



I picked my first tomato.


I found my new best friend, or, at least, their car.


I made super yummy vegan pumpkin cookies.


I found some favorite photos on Flickr.




September
I found even more reason to like Esther and Calvo.


I resumed a regular yoga practice.


I made fancy pants vegan vittles.


I showed you my ass.


I did a DILO.


October
I spent a lot of time on the bike trail.


I started baking bread again.



I received my moo cards.


I played with ginger.


I made berbere and Ethiopian food for the first time.



I went to Utica, again.


I took the monkeys trick or treating.

and made a mangolantern.


November
Caleb earned an award. For being quiet.


We had the first fire of the season.


I got this awesome shirt from Bunchofpants.


I had an "incident" with a squirrel.


I decorated my Christmas tree.


I went to my Grandma's house for Thanksgiving.


December
Brrrrrrrrrrr


We had a snowstorm. The store lost power.


I received Edwin. The BEST. PRESENT. EVER.


We went sledding.


Took silly pictures of the kids.


Found cute little bird footprints in the snow.


Made a Decemberween ornament and cookie.



I did the winter solstice DILO-and neglected to post pictures of all of it.

I went to the store and found some yummy (?!!?!?!?!?!) flavored coffee.


Went back to Trevett Finch park in Champaign.


and wrote this year in review.

See you guys next year! I need to go buy some black eyed peas.